Parenting Relationships | Essential Kids

Why I decided to ditch all my Facebook groups

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Parents can make some rookie assumptions when their kids start school.

Meena Evers

The most embarrassing person in the world

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11 signs your kid is an extrovert

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Friendships and social skills

Making friends can be harder for some kids than others but there are ways you can help develop your child's social skills to ensure they can build healthy friendships now and in the future.

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QUIRKY KID

How to talk to children about grandparents with dementia

Helping children understand why their grandparent can no longer remember their name is a hard conversation to have, but here are ten practical tips to help guide you.

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Alison Bradshaw

Julia Roberts in the 1998 film, <i>Stepmum</i>.

Solving the struggles of step parenting

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Jo Hartley

Finding time to nurture your marriage after kids.

How to reignite love, sex and passion in your marriage after kids

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Patricia Tan

7 ways my relationship improved after having children

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Thuy Yau

Kimberley O'Brien

How to tell the kids you're separating

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Kimberley O'Brien

Instagram posts show the devastating realities of bullying

Bachelor contestant Alex Nation shared her sister's heartbreaking story.

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Bianca Wordley

Don't make me feel bad for having an only child

Instead of feeling bad, I love my only-child relationship.

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Laura Lifshitz

Is it wrong to go on Married At First Sight when you have kids?

On a scale of 1 to 10, how wrong is it to go on MAFS when you have kids?

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Megan Blandford

Husband 'sexts' wife with housework shots

What could be more of a turn on than a guy you find attractive going out of his way to save you time and work?

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Carolyn Tate

Feeling stressed? Grab your beloved's shirt.

Feeling stressed? Put down the chocolate and pick this up instead

Feeling stressed? Put down the chocolate and pick this up instead.

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Ariane Beeston

"It means sitting down and reading for the pure fun of it."

One thing parents should get caught doing

Bickering, dropping the F-bomb, eating our children's Easter eggs on the sly. These are just some of the things that parents hope never to be sprung doing in front of kids.